A review of pervaporation for product recovery from biomass fermentation processes

LM Vane - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Although several separation technologies are technically capable of removing volatile
products from fermentation broths, distillation remains the dominant technology. This is …

Biological conversion of carbon monoxide: rich syngas or waste gases to bioethanol

HN Abubackar, MC Veiga… - Biofuels, Bioproducts and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Bioconversion of syngas/waste gas components to produce ethanol appears to be a
promising alternative compared to the existing chemical techniques. Recently, several …

Ethanol distillation process

DL Vander Griend - US Patent 7,572,353, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A process arrangement for distilling fuel grade ethanol include a distillation
portion which distills beer to produce thin stillage and hot ethanol vapor. In an evaporation …

Ethanol distillation process

DL Vander Griend - US Patent 7,297,236, 2007 - Google Patents
BRYER----| Co-PRODUCT effect steam. The first effect steam from the first effect evaporators
provides heat to a set of second effect evapo rators which concentrate the mid stillage into a …

Ethanol recovery process

AP Mairal, A Ng, RW Baker, I Huang, J Ly - US Patent 7,732,173, 2010 - Google Patents
A process for producing and recovering light alcohols, particularly ethanol, alcohol mixtures
containing ethanol, and ABE mixtures (alcohol mixtures containing acetone, butanol and …

Membrane-assisted fluid separation apparatus and method

FU Baig, AM Kazi, A Al-Hassani - US Patent 7,459,084, 2008 - Google Patents
This present invention relates to a fluid separation module adapted to separate a given fluid
mixture into permeate and retentate portions using bundles of hollow fiber membranes. The …

Review of pervaporation and vapor permeation process factors affecting the removal of water from industrial solvents

LM Vane - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A recent review article (Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 94: 343–365
(2019)) identified several commercially‐available permselective materials for drying organic …

Efficient ethanol recovery from yeast fermentation broth with integrated distillation–membrane process

LM Vane, FR Alvarez, L Rosenblum… - Industrial & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A hybrid process integrating vapor stripping with vapor compression and vapor permeation
membrane separation, termed Membrane Assisted Vapor Stripping (MAVS), was evaluated …

Structures, properties, and performances—Relationships of polymeric membranes for pervaporative desalination

NR Singha, M Karmakar, PK Chattopadhyay, S Roy… - Membranes, 2019 - mdpi.com
For the fulfilment of increasing global demand and associated challenges related to the
supply of clean-and-safe water, PV has been considered as one of the most attractive and …

Separation of organic mixtures using gas separation or pervaporation and dephlegmation

JG Wijmans, RW Baker, AP Mairal - US Patent 6,899,743, 2005 - Google Patents
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